Gelligaer Archives

Builder prosecuted after destroying protected bat roosts

A builder who destroyed three protected bat roosts while removing a cottage roof has been handed a 12-month conditional discharge.

Council planners have agreed to a change of use of the former Ashleys Barber Shop in Gelligaer.

More than 100 objections had been lodged against the proposals for Gelliargwellt Uchaf Farm, in Gelligaer.

Planning applications for Gelligaer, Abercarn, and Rhymney.

The upstairs of the Harp Inn, in Gelligaer, could be turned into three new flats if Caerphilly Council planners approve.

An ex-miner has been forced to lower his front garden wall for the second time, after receiving yet more complaints.

Officers want to speak with Logan James, who they believe could help with an investigation into a report of public order offences in Caerphilly.

Gelligaer Football Club has applied for planning permission to open changing rooms in two adapted steel containers.

The students worked together to write the story with Petra Publishing as part of a project funded by the Gelligaer Community Council.

Gwent Police are looking to speak to two people in connection with a deliberate house fire in Gelligaer over the weekend.